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Antisemitism & Antiracism Interview Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ Middle East The Pickle UK

Mizrahi stories take centre stage

Victor Esses tells Samantha Ellis how his new show is pushing back against Ashkenormativity in the industry.

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Interview Jewish Culture Palestine-Israel The Jewish Left The Pickle USA

Out of the wreck

Katie Ebner-Landy meets the artist searching for alternatives to Jewish nationalism. First stop: a Yiddish rave.

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Jewish Culture The Pickle USA

A definitive guide to TV’s best Jews

They’re all having an identity crisis, and they all need therapy.

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Antisemitism & Antiracism Jewish Culture The Pickle UK

The battle of Nelson Street

A Muslim mayor fights to save the Jewish East End.

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Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ The Pickle UK

The Pink Peacock’s premature demise

Members of the collective tell Molly Lipson why the radical Govanhill cafe has been forced to close its doors for good.

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Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ The Pickle

My live Jewish body

Emma Jude Harris meets queer Jewish performance maker Rachel Mars.

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Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ The Pickle

Holy chutzpah

Lexie Botzum meets the people behind the creation of Halakhic literature by and for trans Jews.

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Jewish Culture Report The Jewish Left

Yiddish for the 21st century

A new Duolingo course is training a small army to demand babka, can it also heal communal divides?

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Interview Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ The Jewish Left UK

Homos, Houmous and Hamantaschen: Vashti Meets Chanukah Lewinsky

On the eve of Purim, we speak to drag artist and queer cabaret creator Dex Grodner about Judaism and genderfuckery.

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Jewish Culture The Jewish Left USA

The romance of American Jewish anarchism

A nostalgic portrait of America’s oldest Yiddish anarchist newspaper, and the community that coalesced around it, is recounted in a recently restored documentary.